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Isa_23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
Ver. 1. The burden of Tyre.] Heb., Tsor, whence came Tyre. It was the chief city of Phoenicia, the chief market of the East, a very microcosm or epitome of the whole world, for its wealth and wickedness. It was not far from Judea - our Saviour {Mat_15:21} went from Galilee into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon - in whose misery she made herself merry, {Eze_26:2} and is therefore here threatened with utter destruction.
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish,] i.e., Of Tartessus, in Spain, or of Tarsus, in Cilicia, St Paul’s country, or of the main ocean.
For it is laid waste,] viz., By Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by Alexander the Great, who of an island made it part of the continent, and then razed it to the ground. {a}
So that there is no house.] Or thus: So that there is no house, nor coming in for those from Chittim, is made known to them.
{a} Plin., lib. v. cap. 19.